The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

ZAF_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

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Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

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Jan 05, 2026

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Jan 05, 2026

Type of phone used when using someone else's phone (con5)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSouth Africa

Overview

Valid: 62

Invalid: 938

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 18

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was the mobile phone you used a smartphone or a basic text phone?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A smartphone	32	51.6%
2	A basic text phone	29	46.8%
8	Don't know	1	1.6%
9	Refused	0	0%
Sysmiss		938

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Con4 = "yes"

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Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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